Powder puff



T. E. GJORUP March 17, 1931.

POWDER PUFF Filed July 21, 1928 Patented Mar. 17, 1931 THOMAS E. GJ'OIRUP, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS POWDER PUFF Application filed July 21, 1928. Serial No. 294,424.

This invention relaties to improvements in powder pufls and its chief object is to provide tac a sanitary powder puff that is attractive in appearance, readily washed or cleaned and that is so constructed that the vpowder contained therein is kept clean and ready for instantuse at all times.

With the foregoing and other objects in viewthe invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to-be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application for patent and in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of the powder puff.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the cas-' ing and cover for the powder pad.

Fig. 3 is a similar view, the casing having been reversed or turned inside out previous to insertion of the powder pad.

Fig. 4 is a slightly enlarged view, partly in section, of a slightly different form of powder pad.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the casing.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views. The present powder puff comprises a pad by means of which the powder is applied to the skin in the usual'manner, this pad may either comprise a piece of chamois or any other suitable powder-carrying material, that is material that is generally used and to which the powder may cling, and a rubber sponge loosely carried therewithin, the disclike sections of the powder-carrying material being "cemented or otherwise secured together along their meeting edges ;.or the powder pad may comprise a layer of powder-carrying material secured to each flat face of a disclike rubber sponge, the pad in both cases being carried in a container made of rubber or like material, said container being reversible so that it may be turned wrong side out when one side is soiled.

faces the layers or The reference numeral 1 denotes the receple made of soft rubber or like material, of round or disc-like shape comprising the base 2 and the mouth 3 which is surrounded by the lip or flange 4. A flat rubber cover 5, circular in shape, is cemented at a point 6 to the flange 4. A plan view ofthis receptacleor container is shown clearly inFig. 1. This receptacle is adapted to receive the powder pad which may comprise the chamois comprising two pieces of material cemented together as shown at 8 and containing the rubber sponge 9 as shown in' Fig. 4, or the sponge 9 may have secured to its-opposite flat pieces of material 10, 11

The powder is carried upon the pad and access to thesame is had by opening the flap 5through the mouth 3 as shown in Fig. 5 thus exposing the pad surface containing the powder, this exposed surface may now be applied to the sln'n without removing the pad from the container. At any time the receptacle 1 may be reversed, turned inside out, as shown in Fig. 3, the-cover 5 now ap- 79v pe'aring uppermost butnormally serving as a closure for the mouth 3 and so protecting the powder pad and to use the pad the cover 5 is merely raised to expose the pad which is then applied'to the skin. If preferred the pad can be removed instantly from the receptacle and used. Powder may becarried in the receptacle if desired so that the pad will always be supplied. The pad is readily washable and as it is provided with a so sponge in its interior will dry quickly and is ready again for use. The receptacle 1 can be used to tap the skin gently as is usually done with a puff to cause the skin to take up the powder and it is therefore more than merely a container but an essential part of the pufi. 7

What is claimed is 1. In a powder puff, a circular disc-shaped rubber sponge, powder-carrying material secured to the opposite faces of said sponge but leaving the circumferential edge thereof exposed, and a container for said sponge and powder-carrying material.

2. In a powder pufi, a flexible reversible receptacle having a mouth portion, an annular lip defining said mouth portion, a reversible disc-shaped pad removably disposed Within said receptacle and having one face Wholly exposed in the open position of said mouth portion, and a cover cemented at one point to said lip and adapted as a closure for said mouth portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afixed my signature.

THOMAS E. GJORUP. 

